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Flying Officer Gordon Nunn DFC, pilot, and Flying Officer Hugh Mitchell DFC, observer, both 464 Squadron RAAF, in the cockpit of a de Havilland Mosquito aircraft.
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Service Medals of P/O James RENNO, DFM
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A Halifax of 158 Squadron with its aircrew astride the fuselage and wings
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Lieutenant Gladys Hughes, a survivor of the Vyner Brooke sinking, captured as a PoW died just three months from war's end in May 1945 from the effects of disease ill treatment and mal-nourishment.
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Military Medal and Bar, the 1914/15 Star, the British War Medal and the Victory Medal. Image courtesy AWM
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THOMAS, David John, Service No: 561, Unit: 44th Infantry Battalion STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY Grave II. D. 9.
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PORTRAIT OF 8028 DRIVER R.B. COCHRANE, 6TH FIELD ARTILLERY BRIGADE, KILLED IN ACTION 1916-08-03.
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A group of seven sergeants waiting to board on the troopship RMS Orontes. Identified back row right: 31661 Wheeler Sergeant (W/Sgt) William Richardson, 43 year old carpenter of Fremantle, WA. W/Sgt Richardson of 9th Reinforcements of 10th Field Artillery Brigade, has a wheel qualification badge on his right sleeve. All others are Master Gunners as denoted by their cloth gun badges on their right sleeves. Front row second left has a metal gun badge. Known to be amongst the group but exact positions unknown are: 31436 Sgt Keith A’Beckett Klingender, of Toorak, Vic, of 9th Reinforcements of 14th Field Artillery Brigade; 31586 Sgt Frank Moritz Michaelis, farmer of St Kilda, Vic of 12th Reinforcements of 6th Field Artillery Brigade. Sgt Michaelis died of meningitis on 14 May 1917 in England; 31361 Sgt Arthur Ernest McKean, clerk of Albert Park, Vic, of 12th Reinforcements of 4th Field Artillery Brigade (possibly centre front).
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AWM Photograph P07344.002
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FSGT Brian Grasby's grave at Hellemmes-LIlle Communal Cemetery interred with two other crewmates and other aircrew lost on the Lille raid.
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A 77 Squadron Halifax B Mk III
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Malaya. 1941. Group portrait of three nursing sisters of 2/4th Casualty Clearing Station (2/4 CCS), 8th Australian Division. Left to right: Sister D. S. Gardam, who survived the sinking of the Vyner Brooke, was taken prisoner by the Japanese and died later in captivity in April 1945, Sister E. M. Hannah, also a survivor from the Vyner Brooke and the only surviving nurse of the 2/4 CCS, and, Matron I. Drummond, who, after surviving the sinking of the Vyner Brooke was among those massacred by the Japanese on the foreshore of Banka Island, Sumatra on 1942-02-16.
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A colourised version of AC0066, a photograph taken in the same sequence as AC0068, although the aircraft appear in different orde . It shows two key colour schemes applied to RAAF Hudsons immediately prior to and during the early stages of WW2. A16-3 is painted matt black underneath, the others a sky blue. A16-47 is painted foliage green on the upper surfaces, the other two have a disruptive pattern with dark earth applied. A16-38 farthest from the camera, later served with No. 32 Squadron and was heavily damaged in March 1942 by enemy action in New Guinea. After repair it was issued to 1 OTU but was lost in an accident due to structural failure.
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179 Sgt (later Lieutenant) William John Shaughnessy RH#14
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Edward Hewlett's Certificate of Discharge - reverse
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Corporal Phil Davey, VC, MM. He won the 10th Battalion's third Victoria Cross at Merris, northern France, on 28th June 1918. He destroyed a machine gun that that moments before inflicted casualties on other 10th Battalion colleagues in a neighbouring platoon, including Platoon Commander Lieutenant Jack McInerney.
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ONE OF THE GUNS OF THE 2/2ND FIELD REGIMENT FIRING AT A JAPANESE POSITION IN THE AREA IN WHICH LIEUTENANT A. CHOWNE, MM, GAINED HIS VC.
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Commemorative Medallion which together with a Commemorative Scroll, were presented to the families of the Fallen
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3697 PTE Patrick Weir 3rd Pioneer Battalion
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LONDON, ENGLAND. 1944-02-01. 400297 SQUADRON LEADER E. C. SMITH DFC, HORSHAM, VIC (LEFT) AND 402071 FLIGHT LIEUTENANT F. B. GASCOIGNE DFC, EAST MALVERN, VIC, WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 461 (SUNDERLAND) SQUADRON RAAF, OUTSIDE BUCKINGHAM PALACE AFTER AN INVESTITURE. THEY HAVE FLOWN TOGETHER AS CAPTAIN AND NAVIGATOR RESPECTIVELY ON MANY OPERATIONS
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ACW Mavis Jessie Whiteford, was employed as a DMT (Driver Motor Transport) at HQ North Eastern Area Command.
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David Taylor's grave alongside his comrades from the 32 Squadron Hudson A16-201
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A photograph taken during the first and largest Japanese air raid of the war on Darwin. The ammunition ship MV Neptuna explodes in the background after a direct hit. The corvette HMAS Deloraine rides at anchor in the foreground and remained unharmed.
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3RAR’s Regimental Sergeant Major, Vince Murdoch, tends a wounded and blindfolded North Vietnamese soldier at Balmoral.
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Headstone of William Atkinson 4655 at Cheltenham Memorial Park, Victoria.
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Aircrew Photo Late 1943 Just before Joining 57 RAF Squadron for First Tour in Jan 1944. All RAF apart from Ian. All Sgts apart from Nav. Rear L-R W/Op Ken Jenkinson (Survived War), Mid Upper AG Charlie King (Survived War), F/E William (Bill) Walter (KIA 12 Jan 1945) and Rear AG Bert McKellar (KIA 12 Jan 1945). Front L-R Nav Terry O'Brien (Survived War), Pilot Ian Ross (KIA 12 Jan 1945) and BA Ed Tilby (KIA 12 Jan 1945). Charlie and Terry elected not to Continue Flying and were Rested after completing their First Tour. Ken Remained with Crew but was Grounded Due to Illness and did not fly on Bergen Op. Replacement Crew - Nav Syd Anderson DFM, Mid Upper AG Les Griffiths and W/Op Ray Ellwood DFM MID. All were Killed with Ian. Rays body was Recovered and Buried in Norway, he had been on Operations since 1939. The Remainder are all on Runnymede with Ian. Family 1943
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37471 Pilot Officer William Keith Bennett
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Sunderland and Catalina flying boats of RAF Coastal Command at Castle Archdale in Northern Ireland, January 1945. The big freeze. Nearly all the aircraft on strength with three Coastal Command squadrons are visible here, drawn up out of the water at Castle Archdale in Northern Ireland as Logh Erne froze over in January 1945. More than 30 aircraft can be seen, including Sunderlands of No's 201 and 423 RCAF Squadrons and No 202 Squadron's Catalinas.
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A B25 Mitchell bomber of No. 180 Squadron lines up for take off at RAF Dunsfold, Surrey in the United Kingdom supporting Allied operations in Normandy
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Vietnam War Memorial, Adelaide, South Australia
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Edmund Newman LAMB, 1915
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RAF STATION LEUCHARS, SCOTLAND. 1943-06-04. MEMBERS OF THE GROUND STAFF OF HAMPDEN TORPEDO-BOMBER NO. 455 SQUADRON RAAF OF COASTAL COMMAND. ON TOP OF THE AIRCRAFT, STANDING, LEFT TO RIGHT: 6728 CORPORAL (CPL) A. E. RYAN, BRISBANE, QLD; 10165 CPL W. C. KENNAUGH, NORTHCOTE, VIC; 17741 LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN (LAC) R. A. LOFTUS, PERTH, WA; 15273 CPL S. F. YOUNG, HABERFIELD, NSW; 15009 LAC V. MERCHANT, NEWCASTLE, NSW; 15001 LAC N. H. GARBUTT, DUNDEE, SCOTLAND; 33236 AIRCRAFTMAN 1 (AC1) E. H. LUKES, NORTH SYDNEY, NSW; 6682 LAC F. C. B. LAGETTIE, CABRAMATTA, NSW; 22379 LAC J. E. SCHATZ, GREENSLOPES, QLD; 10200 SERGEANT (SGT) L. D. PATIENCE, MELBOURNE, VIC; 27063 CPL H. R. TURNER, WEST TANKS, SA; 33255 AC1 E. C. HENRY, WAVERLY, NSW; 24056 LAC R. M. WARNER, YUBBA, NSW; 24100 LAC W. J. WALKER, BURWOOD, VIC. SITTING: 6808 CPL R. E. GARDE, UNDERCLIFFE, NSW; 12110 SGT C. ETCHELLS, ASHFIELD, NSW. STANDING, BACK: 10279 LAC L. L. WALLER, PENHURST, VIC; 968331 LAC N. HIBBLE, NEWCASTLE, RAF; 8761 LAC J. J. GARDNER, NOTTINGHAM, RAF; 6849 LAC F. J. PRITCHARD, CARLTON, NSW. STANDING, FRONT: 6585 LAC G. L. DOWNER, BRISBANE, QLD; 15013 LAC D. A. MATHEWSON, TOTTENHAM, NSW; 15979 LAC H. T. GROENNOU, LEICHHARDT, NSW; 10275 LAC S. W. POPE, ST KILDA, VIC; 14527 CPL S. V. WEATHERBY, NORTH BONDI, NSW; 9200 SGT F. R. MARCH, ADELAIDE, SA; 10162 CPL J. A. WILLIAMS, KINGSWOOD, VIC; 6035 FLIGHT SERGEANT H. ORR, BRISBANE, QLD; 2823 FLYING OFFICER WILSON, BRISBANE, QLD; 1796131 AIRCRAFTMAN W. VALENTINE, BONNY BRIDGE, SCOTLAND, RAF; 1400829 AC1 K. S. COLLIVER, BRISTOL, RAF; 13245 LAC J. LEFOE, MELBOURNE, VIC; 20187 CPL N. R. SIVYER, EAST MOREE, NSW; 1865049 AC2 D. V. FISHER, ESSEX, RAF; 10691 SGT F. J. SHAW, MELBOURNE, VIC; 21465 LAC W. A. M. FORBES, NEWCASTLE, NSW.
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Service number 18488 George Bentley Pegler, a staff member of the South Australian Harbors Board. George enlisted in the AIF on 26 October 1917 and served in France with the Australian Army Medical Corps. He returned to Australia in 1919. From 1923 to his death in 1950 he held the position of Harbourmaster at Cowell.
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Australia's first military radio transmission / reception - Station B - a a cave near Waterfall Railway Station
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Surname: GAY; Given Names: Beaumont Colbey; Date of Birth: 24 November 1876; Date of Enlistment: 16 September 1916; Trade or Calling: Railway Employee; Birth Location: Adelaide; Address prior to enlistment: 56 Main North Rd Prospect; Photograph sent by: Mrs B C Gay Source: State Records SA
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430696 John Ewart "Jack" Norris 460 Sqn RAAF WW2
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A 38 Squadron CC-08 Caribou over the Great Australian Bight
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RAAF SGT David Leicester
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The sinking of troopship SS 'Ballarat' which took place on 25 April 1917 in the English Channel. A submarine torpedoed the 'Ballarat', which was carrying Australian troops from Melbourne to England. Efforts made to tow the ship to shallow water failed and she sank off The Lizard the following morning. No lives were lost of the 1752 souls on board.
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Three B24 Heavy Bombers of 7 OTU on a training flight in southern NSW in 1944/45
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